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Recently there was a sponsor raffle from Corny Keg for the Hopzoil Majik product: https://cornykeg.com/collections/hopzoil While I was not one of the winners selected for 5 vials, Corney Keg was nice enough to send me one vial. It is a 1 ml vial of Juicy Fruitbomb. Thanks!! Have you used...

Are there any thoughts from the group on this new Cellar Science offering? It sounds like this is basically a mix of Brewtan-B, Ascorbic Acid and Metabisulfite. Or does Brewtan-B have other useful components not included? Does the price seem reasonable...

Homebrew Con 2022 is about 6 weeks away. Who is going? Are you bringing any beers? I plan on being there. Since it is drivable for me (Northern VA to Pittsburgh) I plan to bring along some beers. I am not sure if I will bring along anything in kegs or just bottles. My supply of homebrew...

I am doing some research into partial mashing vs steeping... My overall question is: Are there guidelines or data from a malt spec sheet that can be used to determine if a light colored specialty grain is a good candidate for steeping or if it should be mashed? I get that there are some malted...

Second year growing hops. My first year Chinook yielded around 8 oz of wet hops last year. They all pretty much were ready to go at the same time so I brewed a wet hop Blonde with them (was hoping for at least enough to call it a Pale Ale, but whatever). This year my Chinook plant grew much...

I see a lot of different filters out there, and I wonder what they actually remove and how that impacts brewing water. For example, when I brew small batch extract batches I use water filtered through my Brita pitcher (which I think uses an activated charcoal filter), and I see people that...

A while ago I put my airstone (used to aerate my wort) in a pot of boiling water to clean/sanitize. My Miller Lite drinking buddy stopped by and I guess I was too shocked that he asked for a 2nd glass of my IPA that I forgot about the airstone. I came back to an empty pot with a very hot...

Back in February 2019 I sent off a sample of my water to Ward Labs. I have been using the data from that report for my water adjustments. I am making better been than ever, but I have made several changes to my process this year in addition to water chemistry. My measured pH numbers are...

I brewed a Belgian Pale Ale that has some plastic/band-aid flavors. I am trying to nail down the source. I feel like the yeast/fermentation is the most likely source, but I am not sure. At the end of May I brewed a split batch of a Dubbel, with 2.5 gal fermented with WLP500 and 2.5 gals...

Look at this cloudy mess!!! I am playing with a lighter malt bill for a Pale Ale (8 lbs Pale, 2 lbs Munich 15L, 0.5 lbs White Wheat). I also recently started using Whirlfloc tablets vs using Irish Moss, and wow does that clear up the wort! I am still not sure if clear wort (or Whirlfloc/Irish...

The last few months I have put a significant amount of effort into the topic of Water Chemistry and mash pH. I picked up a $40 pH meter and have have added some minerals to a few batches, took some pH readings, and added acidified malt to some pale beers. I got a Ward Labs report and realized...

I have been brewing for many years, all ales. I never had a fermentation chamber, so my general goal was to keep the temps steady with a target of 65F being "good" and below 60F and above 72F being "bad". Just two weeks ago I got a used freezer for a fermentation chamber. Now that I can...

I brewed a 2.5 gal batch of Milk Stout with Organic Peanut Butter Chocolate Balls cereal for a club competition. I did some research and technique (mash? boil? dry hop?) and amount (4 oz to entire box) were all over the place. I figured that the mash would be the best place to deal with...

The discussion on this forum has pushed me toward taking steps toward water chemistry and trying to get a basic understanding (for some reason, chemistry concepts have a hard time sticking with me). I like the basic idea described in the "A Brewing Water Chemistry Primer"...a basic plan that...

This weekend I brewed the Cloudburst Brewing Flashing Lights IPA kit from MoreBeer: https://www.morebeer.com/products/cloudburst-brewing-flashing-lights-ipa-grain-beer-kit-advanced.html It is not fully an NEIPA, but what I did was to brew 2.5 gal per the recipe and 2.5 gal with more of an NEIPA...

Me? I am not sure. I took a break from brewing and have gotten back into it full throttle. I have a decent Oatmeal Stout (maybe could use some more roasty) and Porter (a bit young to fully evaluate, but seems pretty solid) on tap. I have a Pale Ale about ready to kegged (fairly common...

I understand the basics of mash temp (even if I get a bit lost in the science): A higher mash temp (say 156F) yields a mash with more unfermentable dextrins so you get a higher FG and lower ABV. A lower mash temp (say 150F) yields a mash with more fermentable sugars so you get a lower FG and...

Today I harvested some yeast slurry from a porter brewed with Safale S-04 (pic below). Tomorrow I am thinking about brewing a 2.5 gal batch of a Russian Imperial Stout. The beer should be right around 1.100 and 10% ABV. So how much of my yeast slurry should I pitch? Looking at the Mrmalty...

I did my first BIAB batch today! BeerSmith tells me I got around around 85% efficiency (I overshot my expected OG by .005). It took me 4 hr 20 min from filling pots with water and crushing grain to wort in the fermenter (with a 15 min delay because I ran out for hops during the mash and got...

I brewed an Oatmeal Stout back on Dec 9th. The fermentation was healthy and a week later signs of fermentation completed and I was at my expected FG. I normally would have let it sit in the fermenter longer, but I had some free time, I knew it would be a busy week, and I am traveling out of...